“Aunt Lydia” does try to protest the exclusion of the ones maimed as punishment, I suppose. Love the “girls?” Maybe if she called them women.

The removal of eye, hand, beatings on (Offred’s feet in the film, Moira’s in the book) and the female cutting—sound awfully like strict Muslim sort of punishments. Then again, they were likely stolen from the Bible in the first place.

A massive hat tip to Joseph Fiennes. He says he is revolted by the role he plays. I think it takes a person of either considerable strength or utter sociopathy to play that part without and do it justice.

A WA @LiberalAus Senate candidate will represent “the voice of God” and “the desires of the church” at “the highest levels of government” if she is elected, her husband and co-founder of a northern suburbs New Testament church has promised.